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But in 1870, a German entrepreneur by the name of Heinrich Schliemann set out, with Iliad in hand, to discover the ancient city and validate the story of Homer. By 1873, he had unearthed the city of Troy, one of archaeology's most famous discoveries.( 35kb 260kb) ... The Tale of Ancient Troy...
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library.thinkquest.org/3011/troy.htm
library.thinkquest.org/3011/troy.htm
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Ancient Troy commanded a strategic point at the southern entrance to the Dardanelles (Hellespont), a narrow strait linking the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea via the Sea of Marmara.
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history-world.org/troy.htm
history-world.org/troy.htm
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Current information about climate and the environment. ... Ancient Troy was once a mythical city, known only through the text of Homer’s Iliad. In 1870, however, the German archeologist Heinrich Schlieman discovered the ruins of Troy (and several cities above and beneath it) in northwest Turkey.
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4032
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Selected Excerpt on Troy ... The Greek poet Homer wrote about the ancient city in The Iliad. It is located in western Turkey near the entrance of the Dardanelles strait which connects the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea by way of the Sea of Marmara.
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ancientneareast.tripod.com/Troy_Hisarlik.html
ancientneareast.tripod.com/Troy_Hisarlik.html
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March 3, 2003--Combining an interest in the classics with expertise in the sedimentary geology that defines coastlines, a University of Delaware researcher has discovered that Homer’s “Iliad” presents an accurate account of the geography of ancient Troy.
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www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2003/troy030303.html
www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2003/troy030303.html
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Combining an interest in the classics with expertise in the sedimentary geology that defines coastlines, a University of Delaware researcher has discovered that Homer’s “Iliad” presents an accurate account of the geography of ancient Troy, information that may end a centuries long debate.
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www.udel.edu/PR/NewsReleases/2003/feb/2-27-03/troy.html
www.udel.edu/PR/NewsReleases/2003/feb/2-27-03/troy.html
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Brief account of the conflict that ended in the burning of Troy. ... Finding Troy ... Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each reached for the apple. Zeus proclaimed that Paris, prince of Troy and thought to be the most beautiful man alive, would act as the judge.
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www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html
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Ancient Troy was located in northwest Asia Minor only a few miles from the entrance to the Dardanelles. According to Greek poetry, the Trojan, Paris, took the beautiful Helen (the woman with the face that would launch a thousand ships) back to Troy despite the fact that she was married to Menelaus.
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socrates.clarke.edu/aplg0255.htm
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